Re: Frame Prep/Paint
Mark,
I have been using POR-15 over the last 3 years on my 67 frame and many other parts while performing the same kind of restoration you describe. I swear by it. I won't use anything else. I find it easy to apply and easy to get a good finish when you do it the right way. It CAN be topcoated with many different paints as long as you apply a dust coat of the other paint while POR-15 is still tacky. POR-15 is slow drying, so I find that it is easy to paint a fairly large area with a brush and then perform the dust coat with a topcoat. Once the proper drying time has passed, then you can apply another more complete coat of the topcoat to the dust coat you started with. For areas that the sun don't shine, I use POR-15 by itself with great success. The POR-15 company makes a chassis coat paint that can be painted right over POR-15 primer even after it dries, but you can save money and use just about any paint when applied in the manner above.
I find that the durability of POR-15 is incredible. It is like powdercoat. I have painted brackets and the like and I think it works great. I have accidentally slipped when using a sander under the hood and hit the POR-15 coated frame and unlike other paints, it just scuffs the surface. It flows out great with a bruch when you apply it correctly and creates a nice finish.
POR-15 dries by exposure to moisture in the air, which is different that most paints. This means that once you open the can, you won't have much shelf life. There is a secret that the Texas Distributor told me about at one of the Houston Vette Expos (he is there every year by the way) that works great. The secrete is to never open the can!! You get two small self tapping sheet metal screws and punch two holes in the can. One in the top near the edge, and the other in the top of the side opposite the hole int he top. Be careful when the can is full as the paint will run out! Pour the paint that you need from the small hole is the side into a container. Immediately screw the screws into the small holes you created, and tip the can to seal them with POR-15. The can will keep almost indefinitely this way, using only what you need at a time.
Email me if you have more questions.
Tim Bond
Houston.
Mark,
I have been using POR-15 over the last 3 years on my 67 frame and many other parts while performing the same kind of restoration you describe. I swear by it. I won't use anything else. I find it easy to apply and easy to get a good finish when you do it the right way. It CAN be topcoated with many different paints as long as you apply a dust coat of the other paint while POR-15 is still tacky. POR-15 is slow drying, so I find that it is easy to paint a fairly large area with a brush and then perform the dust coat with a topcoat. Once the proper drying time has passed, then you can apply another more complete coat of the topcoat to the dust coat you started with. For areas that the sun don't shine, I use POR-15 by itself with great success. The POR-15 company makes a chassis coat paint that can be painted right over POR-15 primer even after it dries, but you can save money and use just about any paint when applied in the manner above.
I find that the durability of POR-15 is incredible. It is like powdercoat. I have painted brackets and the like and I think it works great. I have accidentally slipped when using a sander under the hood and hit the POR-15 coated frame and unlike other paints, it just scuffs the surface. It flows out great with a bruch when you apply it correctly and creates a nice finish.
POR-15 dries by exposure to moisture in the air, which is different that most paints. This means that once you open the can, you won't have much shelf life. There is a secret that the Texas Distributor told me about at one of the Houston Vette Expos (he is there every year by the way) that works great. The secrete is to never open the can!! You get two small self tapping sheet metal screws and punch two holes in the can. One in the top near the edge, and the other in the top of the side opposite the hole int he top. Be careful when the can is full as the paint will run out! Pour the paint that you need from the small hole is the side into a container. Immediately screw the screws into the small holes you created, and tip the can to seal them with POR-15. The can will keep almost indefinitely this way, using only what you need at a time.
Email me if you have more questions.
Tim Bond
Houston.
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